[pct-l] MTB Mindset and The Trail

[Melanie Clarke]

Dear Diane,

*No, it is not. Preservation of quiet, passive, introspective,
natural, untrammeled, slow, contemplative, unmechanized, wilderness
experience is.*

I'm just worried that you won't be able to "sell" that argument to the
general public.  Sheer numbers create policy as we live in a democracy.  We
have an attention deficit society who think that our greatest dangers are
(mountain) lions, snakes and bears.  If this issue gets lost on aesthetics,
we will have bikers on the trail in no time.  Bikers will argue "their
aesthetic experience" also.  I think we are better off arguing the "Safety"
angle.

Still, I hope I'm wrong and your aesthetic arguments work.  Good luck from
all of us!

Melanie

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

>
> On Nov 1, 2010, at 4:01 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> > Come on, SAFETY is our biggest issue anyway!?
>
> No, it is not. Preservation of quiet, passive, introspective,
> natural, untrammeled, slow, contemplative, unmechanized, wilderness
> experience is.
>
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